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OUR WORK
Defending Individual Rights
standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
Building Inclusive Community
mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders
Fueling SYSTEMIC Change
improving the systems by which all society attains and benefits from justice
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Rikers Island, Slave Catching, and the Modern Carceral State
Black Agenda Report
“Darren Mack is co-founder and co-director of Freedom Agenda , an organization devoted to decarceration and system transformation, including closing the Rikers Island jail."
DUMBO Residents Push for Task Force to Address Street Vending Concerns
News 12
"Bring all stakeholders together, not just enforcement agencies. We believe that bringing in education and invite them to do outreach and educate the vendors on the rules will go a long way," said Mohamed Attia, managing director of the Street Vendor Project.”Two Black New Yorkers Die in NYC Correction Custody as Future of City Jails Loom
Amsterdam News
““It’s been two decades since I was on Rikers Island going back and forth to court, but what I recall is they wake you up between 3 a.m. [and] 4 a.m … they load everybody basically on the bus,” said Freedom Agenda co-director Darren Mack. “You probably won’t see a judge until after one o’clock. Some people don’t see a judge at all.”
